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Gore, Andrea C., Ph.D.
Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Professor
PHR 5.218D
512-471-3669
andrea.gore@mail.utexas.edu

Peer-reviewed articles:
  1. Huck UW, Lisk RD, Gore AC (1985) Scent marking and mate choice in the golden hamster.  Physiology and Behavior 35: 389-393.

  2. Lisk RD, Huck UW, Gore AC, Armstrong MX (1989) Mate choice, mate guarding and other mating tactics in golden hamsters maintained under seminatural conditions.  Behaviour 109: 58-75.

  3. Terasawa E, Claypool L, Gore AC, Watanabe G (1990). The timing of the onset of puberty in the female rhesus monkey.  In: Control of the Onset of Puberty III, ed. HA Delamarre-van de Waal, TM Plant, FP van Rees and J Schoemaker.  Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp. 123-136.

  4. Gore AC, Terasawa E (1991) A study of the hypothalamic pulse generating mechanism responsible for LH release: Electrical stimulation of the medial basal hypothalamus in the ovariectomized guinea pig.  Brain Research 560: 268-275.

  5. Gore AC, Terasawa E (1991) A role for norepinephrine in the control of puberty in the female rhesus monkey, Macaca mulattaEndocrinology 129: 3009-3017.

  6. Terasawa E, Gore AC (1992). Regulation of pulsatile LHRH release in primates.  In: Modes of Action of GnRH and GnRH Analogs, ed. PM Conn and WF Crowley.  Serono Symposium Press, Inc, Norwell, MA, pp. 256-274.

  7. Gore AC, Mitsushima D, Terasawa E (1993) A possible role of neuropeptide Y in the control of the onset of puberty in female rhesus monkeys.  Neuroendocrinology 58: 23-34.

  8. Gore AC, Roberts JL (1994) Regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression by the excitatory amino acids kainic acid and N-methyl-D,L-aspartate in the male rat. Endocrinology 134: 2026-2031.

  9. Ho A, Gore AC, Weickert CS, Blum M (1995) Glutamate regulation of GDNF gene expression in the striatum and in primary striatal astrocytes.  NeuroReport 6: 1454-1458.

  10. Gore AC, Roberts JL (1995) Regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in the rat during the LH surge.  Endocrinology 136: 889-896.

  11. Gore AC, Ho A, Roberts JL (1995) Translational efficiency of gonadotropin-releasing hormone mRNA is negatively regulated by phorbol ester in GT1-7 cells.  Endocrinology 136: 1620-1625.

  12. Yeo TTS, Gore AC, Jakubowski M, Dong KW, Blum M, Roberts JL (1996) Characterization of gonadotropin releasing hormone gene transcripts in a mouse hypothalamic neuronal GT1 cell line. Molecular Brain Research 42: 255-262. 

  13. Gore AC, Wu TJ, Rosenberg JJ, Roberts JL (1996) Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and NMDA receptor gene expression and colocalization change during puberty in female ratsJournal of Neuroscience 16: 5281-5289. 

  14. Gore AC, Saitoh Y, Terasawa E (1996) Effects of adrenal medulla transplantation into the third ventricle on the onset of puberty in female rhesus monkeysExperimental Neurology 140: 172-183. 

  15. Campbell GT, Gore AC, Woller MJ, Blake CA (1996) Adenohypophysial allografts releasing prolactin decrease prolactin mRNA concentration in the host hamster’s adenohypophysis in situ.  Neuroendocrinology 63: 430-436.

  16. Gore AC, Roberts JL (1997) Regulation of GnRH gene expression in vivo and in vitroFrontiers in Neuroendocrinology 18: 209-245.  

  17. Gore AC, Yeo TT, Ho A, Roberts JL (1997) Post-transcriptional regulation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene in GT1-7 cells.  Journal of Neuroendocrinology 9: 271-277.

  18. Yeo TTS, Gore AC, Blum M, Roberts JL (1997) Protein synthesis-dependent and independent mechanisms for the regulation of GnRH RNA transcript levels in GT1 cellsBrain Research 752: 294-300. 

  19. Longo KM, Sun Y, Gore AC (1998) Insulin-like growth factor-I effects on gonadotropin-releasing hormone biosynthesis in GT1-7 cellsEndocrinology 139: 1125-1132.        

  20. Sun Y, Gore AC, Roberts JL (1998) The role of calcium in the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene in GT1-7 cellsEndocrinology 139: 2685-2691.  

  21. Gore AC (1998) Diurnal rhythmicity of gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in the rat.  Neuroendocrinology 68: 257-263.

  22. Gore AC (1998) Circadian rhythms during aging. In: Functional Endocrinology of Aging, ed. CV Mobbs and PR Hof.  Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology Vol. 29.  Karger  Press, Basel, pp. 127-165.

  23. Gore AC, Roberts JL, Gibson MJ (1999) Mechanisms for the regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in the developing mouseEndocrinology 140: 2280-2287. 

  24. Adams MM, Flagg RA, Gore AC (1999) Perinatal changes in hypothalamic NMDA receptors and their relationship to GnRH neuronsEndocrinology 140: 2288-2296.  

  25. Landrigan PJ, Claudio L, Markowitz SB, Berkowitz GS, Brenner BL, Romero H, Wetmur JG, Matte TD, Gore AC, Godbold JH, Wolff MS (1999) Pesticides and inner-city children: Exposures, risks and prevention.  Environmental Health Perspectives 107 (suppl. 3): 431-437.

  26. Nowak FV, Gore AC (1999) Perinatal changes in expression of the neuropeptide genes preoptic regulatory factor-1 and –2, neuropeptide Y and GnRH in rat hypothalamusJournal of Neuroendocrinology 11: 951-958. 

  27. Gore AC, Oung T, Yung S, Flagg RA, Woller MJ (2000) Neuroendocrine mechanisms for reproductive senescence in the female rat: GnRH neurons. Endocrine 13: 315-323.

  28. Gore AC, Wersinger SM, Rissman E (2000) Effects of female pheromones on GnRH gene expression and luteinizing hormone release in male wild-type and estrogen receptor-alpha knockout mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 12: 1200-1204. 

  29. Gore AC, Yeung G, Morrison JH, Oung T (2000) Neuroendocrine aging in the female rat: the changing relationship of GnRH neurons and NMDA receptors. Endocrinology 141: 4757-4767. 

  30. Gore AC (2000) Modulation of the GnRH gene and onset of puberty.  In: Control of the Onset of Puberty V, ed. J-P Bourguignon and TM Plant.   Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 25-35.

  31. Gore AC (2000) Effects of environmental toxicants on GnRH gene expression in hypothalamic neurons.  Report for the Environment Agency, Government of Japan.

  32. Gore AC, Terasawa E (2001) Neural circuits regulating pulsatile luteinizing hormone release in the female guinea pig: Opioid, adrenergic and serotonergic interactions. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 13: 239-248. 

  33. Gore AC (2001) Environmental toxicant effects on neuroendocrine function. Endocrine 14: 235-246.

  34. Adams MM, Morrison JH, Gore AC (2001) NMDA receptor mRNA levels change during reproductive senescence in the hippocampus of female rats. Experimental Neurology 170: 171-179. 

  35. Adams MM, Oung T, Morrison JH, Gore AC (2001) Length of post-ovariectomy interval and age, but not estrogen replacement, regulate N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor mRNA levels in the hippocampus of female rats. Experimental Neurology 170: 345-356.     

  36. Miller BH, Gore AC (2001) Alterations in hypothalamic IGF-I and its associations with GnRH neurons during reproductive development and aging. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 13: 728-736. 

  37. Gore AC (2001) Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons, NMDA receptors, and their regulation by steroid hormones across the reproductive life cycle. Brain Research Reviews 37: 235-248. 

  38. Gore AC (2002) Organochlorine pesticides directly regulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene expression and biosynthesis in the GT1-7 hypothalamic cell line. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 192: 157-170.

  39. Gore AC, Oung T, Woller MJ (2002) Age-related changes in hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and NMDA receptor gene expression, and their regulation by estrogen in the female rat. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 14: 300-309. 

  40. Kriegsfeld LJ, Silver R, Gore AC, Crews D (2002) Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide contacts on gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons increase during puberty in female rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 14: 685-690.

  41. Miller BH, Gore AC (2002) NMDA receptor subunit expression in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons changes during reproductive senescence in the female ratEndocrinology, 143: 3568-3574.

  42. Gore AC, Wu TJ, Oung T, Lee JB, Woller MJ (2002) A novel mechanism for endocrine-disrupting effects of polychlorinated biphenyls: Direct effects on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronsJournal of Neuroendocrinology 14: 814-823.

  43. Gore AC (2002) Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons: gene expression and neuroanatomical studies.  In: Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 141, ed. I. Parhar.  Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp.193-208.

  44. Chakraborty TR, Ng L, Gore AC (2003) Colocalization and hormone regulation of estrogen receptor alpha and NMDA receptor in the hypothalamus of female rats. Endocrinology 144: 299-305.

  45. Nakamura S, Mizuno M, Katakami H, Gore AC, Terasawa E (2003) Aging-related changes in growth hormone releasing hormone and somatostatin release from the stalk-median eminence in female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 88: 827-833.

  46. Daftary SS, Gore AC (2003) Developmental changes in hypothalamic insulin-like growth factor-1: Relationship to GnRH neurons. Endocrinology 144: 2034-2045.

  47. Salama J, Chakraborty TR, Ng L, Gore AC (2003) Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on female reproductive development and estrogen receptor b expression. Environmental Health Perspectives 111: 1278-1282.

  48. Chakraborty TR, Ng L, Gore AC (2003) Age-related changes in estrogen receptor beta in rat hypothalamus: A quantitative analysis. Endocrinology 144: 4164-4172.

  49. Chakraborty TR, Hof PR, Ng L, Gore AC (2003) Stereological analysis of expression of estrogen receptor alpha in hypothalamus and its regulation by aging and estrogen. Journal of Comparative Neurology 466: 409-421.

  50. Rasmussen DD, Sarkar DK, Roberts JL, Gore AC (2003) Chronic daily ethanol and withdrawal: 4. Long-term changes in plasma testosterone regulation, but no effect on GnRH gene expression or plasma LH concentrations. Endocrine 22: 143-150.

  51. Gore AC, Roberts JL (2003) Neuroendocrine Systems.  In: Fundamental Neuroscience, Volume 2, ed. LR Squire, FE Bloom, SK McConnell, JL Roberts, NC Spitzer and MJ Zigmond.  Academic Press, New York, pp. 1031-1065.

  52. Gore AC (2003) Pregnancy and Neurological Disorders.  In: Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 4, ed. MJ Aminoff and RB Daroff.  Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 53-56.

  53. Gore AC (2003) Neurology of Women’s Health.  In: Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 4, ed. MJ Aminoff and RB Daroff.  Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 763-766.

  54. Gore AC, Guidry T (2003) Hypogonadism. Monograph for Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Pharmacy Education.

  55. Richardson HN, Gore AC, Venier J, Romeo RD, Sisk CL (2004) Increased expression of forebrain GnRH mRNA and changes in testosterone negative feedback following pubertal maturation. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 214: 63-70.

  56. Daftary SS, Gore AC (2004) The hypothalamic insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R), and its relationship to GnRH neurons during postnatal development. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 16: 160-169.

  57. Gore AC, Windsor-Engnell BM, Terasawa E (2004) Menopausal increases in pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release in a non-human primate (Macaca mulatta)Endocrinology 145: 4653-4659.

  58. Chakraborty TR, Gore AC (2004). Aging-related changes in ovarian hormones, their receptors, and neuroendocrine function. Experimental Biology & Medicine 229: 977-987.

  59. Gore AC (2004) GnRH neurons: multiple inputs, multiple outputs. Invited News and Views editorial, Endocrinology 145: 4016-4017.

  60. Chakraborty TR, Rajendren G, Gore AC (2005) Estrogen receptor expression in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) of hypogonadal mice. Experimental Biology & Medicine 230: 49-56.

  61. Daftary SS, Gore AC (2005) IGF-1 in the brain as a regulator of reproductive neuroendocrine function. Experimental Biology & Medicine 230: 292-306.

  62. Yin W, Gore AC (2006) Neuroendocrine control of reproductive aging: Roles of GnRH neurons. Reproduction 131: 403-414.

  63. Gore AC, Attardi B, DeFranco DB (2006) Glucocorticoid repression of the reproductive axis: Effects on GnRH and gonadotropin subunit mRNA levels. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 256: 40-48.

  64. Morrison JH, Brinton RD, Schmidt P, Gore AC (2006) Estrogen, menopause, and the aging brain: How basic neuroscience can inform hormone therapy in women. Journal of Neuroscience, 26: 10332-10348.

  65. Maffucci JA, Gore AC (2006) Age-related changes in hormones and their receptors in animal models of female reproductive senescence. In: Handbook of Models for Human Aging, ed. PM Conn. Academic Press/Elsevier, 533-552.

  66. Gore AC, Heindel JJ, Zoeller RT (2006) Endocrine disruption for endocrinologists (and others). Endocrinology 147: s1-3.

  67. Hughes SM, Gore AC (2007) How the brain controls puberty, and implications for sex and ethnic differences. Family and Community Health 30: S112-S114.

  68. Steinberg RM, Juenger TE, Gore AC (2007) The effects of prenatal PCBs on adult female paced mating reproductive behaviors in rats. Hormones & Behavior 51: 364-372.

  69. Yin W, Mendenhall J, Bratton SB, Oung T, Janssen WGM, Morrison JH, Gore AC (2007) Novel localization of NMDA receptors within neuroendocrine gonadotropin-releasing hormone terminals. Experimental Biology and Medicine 232: 662-673.

  70. Crews D*, Gore AC*+, Hsu TS, Dangleben NL, Spinetta M, Schallert T, Anway MD, Skinner MK (2007) Transgenerational epigenetic imprints on mate preference. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 104: 5942-5946. *Co-first authors; +Corresponding author.

  71. Walker DM, Gore AC (2007) Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the brain. In: Gore AC (ed), Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice, Humana Press, 63-109.

  72. Gore AC (2007) Introduction to Endocrine Disruption. In: Gore AC (ed), Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice, Humana Press, 3-8.

  73. Gore AC (2007) Is reproductive ageing controlled by the brain? Neuroendocrinology Briefings #28; Journal of Neuroendocrinology 19: 667-668.

  74. Dickerson SM, Gore AC (2007) Estrogenic environmental endocrine-disrupting chemical effects on reproductive neuroendocrine function and dysfunction across the life cycle. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders 8: 143-159.

  75. Gore AC (2008) Neuroendocrine systems as targets for environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Fertility & Sterility 89 (2 Suppl) e101-102.

  76. Gore AC (2008) Neuroendocrine Systems. In: Bloom F, Berg D, Du Lac S, Ghosh A, Spitzer N, Squire L (eds), Fundamental Neuroscience, Volume 3, Academic Press, NY.

  77. Maffucci, JA, Walker DM, Ikegami A, Woller MJ, Gore AC (2008) The NMDA receptor subunit NR2b: Effects on LH release and GnRH gene expression in young and middle-aged female rats, with modulation by estradiol. Neuroendocrinology 87: 129-141.

  78. Gore AC (2008) Why endocrinologists need to take ownership of endocrine disruption. Editorial, Experimental Biology and Medicine, 233 (1): 3.

  79. Yildirim M, Mapp OM, Janssen WGM, Yin W, Morrison JH, Gore AC (2008) Post-pubertal decrease in hippocampal dendritic spines of female rats. Experimental Neurology 210: 339-348.

  80. Gore AC (2008) Developmental programming and endocrine disruptor effects on reproductive neuroendocrine systems. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 29: 358-374.

  81. Dickerson SM, Walker DM, Reveron ME, Duvauchelle CL, Gore AC (2008) The recreational drug ecstasy disrupts the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal reproductive axis in adult male rats. Neuroendocrinology 88: 95-102.

  82. teinberg RM, Walker DM, Juenger TE, Woller MJ, Gore AC (2008) The effects of perinatal PCBs on adult female rat reproduction: Development, reproductive physiology, and second generational effects. Biology of Reproduction 78: 1091-1101. (Selected for the "Highlights" section of Biology of Reproduction)

  83. Wang G, Milner TA, Speth RC, Gore AC, Wu D, Iadecola C, Pierce JP (2008) Sex differences in angiotensin signaling in bulbospinal neurons in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla. American Journal of Physiology, Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 295: R1149-R1157.

  84. Skinner MK, Anway MD, Savenkova MI, Gore AC, Crews D (2008) Transgenerational epigenetic programming of the brain transcriptome and anxiety behavior. PLos One 3 (e3745) 1-11.

  85. Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Gore AC (2008) Bi-point on Endocrine Disruptors. Endocrine News 33: 14-21.

  86. Wu D, Lin G, Gore AC (2009) Age-related changes in hypothalamic androgen receptor and estrogen receptor a in male rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 512 (5): 688-701.

  87. Maffucci JA, Gore AC (2009) Hypothalamic neural systems controlling the female reproductive life cycle: gonadotropin-releasing hormone, GABA, and glutamate. International Review of Cytology: A Survey of Cell Biology, Academic Press, In Press.

  88. Gore AC, Crews D (2009) Environmental endocrine disruption of brain and behavior. Hormones, Brain & Behavior, Vol. 4, Pfaff DW, Arnold AP, Etgen A, Fahrbach S, Moss R, Rubin R (eds), In Press.

  89. Brinton RD, Gore AC, Schmidt P, Morrison JH (2009) Reproductive aging of females: Neural systems. Hormones, Brain & Behavior, Vol. 4, Pfaff DW, Arnold AP, Etgen A, Fahrbach S, Moss R, Rubin R (eds), In Press.

  90. Cooke P, Gore AC, Crews D, Simon L, Cimafranca MA (2009) Environmental endocrine disruptors and male reproductive toxicology. Comprehensive Toxicology, In Press.

  91. Gore AC (2009) Environmental contaminants and related systems that have implications for reproduction: The neuroendocrine system. Invited chapter, Reproductive Health and the Environment, ed. T. Woodruff, S. Janssen, L. Giudice, L. Guillette (Cambridge University Press), In Press.

  92. Walker DM, Juenger TE, Gore AC (2009) Developmental profiles of neuroendocrine gene expression in the preoptic area of male rats. Endocrinology, In Press.



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